Royal Air Force Typhoon FGR4s have joined forces with France's air force in a joint strike on an hidden munitions depot in Syria used by the Daesh militant organization, per a report from the UK Ministry of Defence.
The facility, located using surveillance, was thought to be containing munitions and bombs, the announcement noted, and was situated in mountainous terrain just above the ancient city of Palmyra in Syria's central region.
"Our fighter planes employed precision-guided Paveway IV munitions to strike a series of access tunnels leading to the site... preliminary assessments suggest the objective was successfully hit," officials stated.
There was no sign of any civilian impact in the operation on Saturday evening and all the aircraft returned safely, the defence officials confirmed.
The British jets were supported by a Voyager tanker plane.
Daesh - referred to as Daesh - established extremist governance over large swathes of both Syria and Iraq prior to its 2019 collapse.
"This action demonstrates the UK's leading role, and determination to operate in unison with our allies, to eliminate any re-emergence of IS and their harmful and extremist ideologies in the region," UK Defence Secretary John Healey stated.
UK warplanes have performed patrols over Syrian airspace to "prevent any efforts to regroup" of IS after its routing at the battle of Baghuz in 2019, the MoD reported.
"I want to thank every member of our armed forces who took part in this operation for their skill and their courage," Healey said. "They were among numerous UK service members deployed over Christmas and New Year. This action, to eliminate terrorist threats who pose a risk to our security, highlights how UK forces are always on standby, throughout the year, protecting the UK domestically and strong abroad."
In December, the United States armed forces conducted what it described as a "large-scale strike" on IS targets in Syria, subsequent to an ambush killed two US troops and a local interpreter in the Palmyra area.
The United Nations reports Islamic State still maintains an estimated 5,000 to 7,000 militants in Syria and Iraq.
